Leaving an umbrella opened up to dry inside your home or office might make you feel a tad uneasy, but you’re not alone in feeling that uneasiness. Opened an umbrella indoors is right up there as s harbinger of bad luck alongside breaking a mirror & a black cat crossing your path. While the beginnings…
What exactly are mutts & mixed-breed dogs? Are they the same or different? Mutts & mixed-breeds are basically the same thing. As the latter title would suggest, they’re made up of more than one breed of dog. Purebred dogs have registration papers that confirm the dog’s single-breed lineage, while mutts aren’t registered & either/both parents…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is brought to you by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning. If you’ve ever tried to close the doors of an elevator before they did it themselves, you’ve probably wondered, “Does that button really do anything at all?” Well, the simple answer is…disappointing. Most door-close buttons in U.S. elevators do not work. They’re actually…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is sponsored by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning. We all know that washing our hands is important. But, much like towels, can bars of soap that we use to clean ourselves get dirty, too? First, what is soap? Usually made of sodium or potassium salts from fatty acids & alkaline solutions, derived during…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is brought to you by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning. Some national holidays get a little muddled in our minds, most notably Memorial Day & Veterans Day. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has encountered enough of the confusion to have dedicated an entire section of their website to explaining the difference between…
*MUNDANE MYSTERIES is brought to you by Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning! We all know of that one particular brand of chicken made with its “famous blend of 11 herbs & spices”. But, have you ever stopped to think not what those exact herbs & spices are, but what herbs & spices exactly are? Herbs…
No one…literally no one…wants to even think about this. But it’s been a pervasive statement for as long as I can remember. Luckily, that “fact” you may have heard about people swallowing 8 spiders in their sleep each year…it ain’t true. Not even close, really, as it genuinely flies in the face of the biology…
Ever experienced a Charley Horse, the painful leg muscle spasm or cramp? If you have, then you know they can hurt like nobody’s business! And, once the pain subsided, you probably found yourself asking, “Who’s this Charley fella & why’s his horse hurting my leg? Healthline.com says that leg cramps are “generally treatable at home”…
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins officially voted earlier this week from a makeshift booth aboard the International Space Station. As cool as it might’ve been for her to have had her ballot zoomed back to Earth by a tiny rocket, it was actually much more boring than that…it basically got sent to her county clerk digitally…
Most people are vaguely aware that U.S. presidents take over the office at some point in January (the 20th, to be precise). But, did you know that it’s actually illegal for an outgoing president to continue serving after January 20th? Per law, a presidential term must be exactly 4 years long, down to the hour.…